Relearning the Craft

I begin each new semester with a bit of trepidation about what I’m going to be learning. Last semester the daunting project was a grant proposal. The semester before that I fretted over both nonfiction and fiction workshops, which I hadn’t had any experience with before.

This semester the worry is threefold. Due to some scheduling issues, I’m taking another beginning level creative writing class. While the first one I took focused on novels, this one focuses on short stories, which I’m not very comfortable with. I’m also taking a screenwriting class, in which we are required to write a full-length screenplay. As you may expect, I’ve never even begun to think about writing a screenplay, so it’s not exactly within my comfort zone. In addition to these, I’m also doing an independent study with another student. We’re each creating our own magazine; this includes researching, writing, and editing articles, as well as designing the pages and creating a blog to go along with it.

It sounds harder each time I think about it.

Of course, the main reason I took these classes is because they would focus on topics that I’m interested in but not necessarily comfortable with. But I’ve never had so many outlets requiring my creativity before, and I’m not completely sure that it won’t run out.

That said, I’m really looking forward to my creative writing class. It’s a back-to-basics course for me, since it’s geared towards non-writers, and I’m hoping that the focus on the craft will lend itself to improvement in other genres of writing.

Here’s to a great semester!

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